Article: Llano Hot Chips Update

MS (ms@lostcircuits.com) on 8/31/11 wrote:
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>David Kanter (dkanter@realworldtech.com) on 8/31/11 wrote:
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>>AMD’s Hot Chips presentation delved into Llano, the first mainstream Fusion product,
>>with details and results for power management. Previous disclosures painted a poor
>>picture, which is far from the truth. Given the older CPU and GPU designs and time-to-market
>>pressure, the results are quite good. Llano’s power management focuses on the most
>>important aspects and is a solid foundation for future generations that will be much more power aware and optimized.
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>>http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT083111130632
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>>As always, we encourage feedback and discussions.
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>>Regards,
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>>David
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>The IPC improvements are mostly myth and Llano is a power hog compared to SB so
>I would argue that all the listed improvements are only for the purpose of not making it really bad.

Hi,
I disagree. Based on my analysis of public web reviews, it seems to me that Llano A8-3850 (2.9 GHz, no Turbo Core) has a 5-7% IPC advantage on a equally clocked Athlon II X4 635 (2.9 GHz, no Turbo Core).